OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #999607

LARSON TREE SERVICE & EXCAVATING, INC.

MONTEVIDEO, MN· 1987-08-21T00:00:00

Event: E GI III, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, CPR, ELECTROCUTED, UNTRAINED, TREE TRIMMING, AERIAL LIFT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #104536123
Employer profile: LARSON TREE SERVICE & EXCAVATING, INC.
Summary number: 999607
Report ID: 552700

Event description

ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE

Investigation abstract

A TREE WORKER WAS WORKING FROM THE BUCKET OF AN AERIAL LIFT MOUNTED ON A 1978 FO RD F350 CUSTOM TRUCK. HE WAS TRIMMING TREES WITH A CHAIN SAW WITHIN 3 OR 4 FEET OF A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE THR OUGH EITHER HIS HEAD OR HIS HAND. HIS THIGH WAS CONTACTING METAL BOLTS INSIDE TH E BUCKET, AND THE AERIAL LIFT WAS NOT INSULATED. ATTEMPTS AT CARDIOPULMONARY RES USCITATION WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, AND THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF ELECTROCUTION.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 20 M

Nature of injury
10

Part of body
31

Event type
13

Source
15

Occupation code
486

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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